Last night we had our first true Trick or Treating experience. For the past few years we’ve marched as a family in the Halloween parade downtown, rather than going door-to-door. This year, we did the holiday with all guns blazing. Carved SEVEN jack 0′lanterns. Bought two bags of candy for our nonexistent trick-or-treaters. Went to [...]
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My Treat
October 26th, 2009 2 Comments
Call me a pagan, but Halloween is my favorite holiday. The veil between the worlds grows thin in late autumn, and stillness descends on the land. There’s a sense of anticipation in the dusky shadows, the flickering pumpkins. For one night, we can transform ourselves into anything. I love dressing up. Halloween is the only [...]
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